PC Magazine - "Rarely does Apple update an entire line of laptops in one fell swoop. While the new aluminum MacBooks didn't come as a surprise, a new MacBook Pro seemed like a long shot. This latest crop of MacBook Pros benefit from a new manufacturing process and host of performance tweaks that keep them among the best notebooks on the market. The Apple MacBook Pro 15-inch (Dual Graphics, $2,499) is an amazing piece of design engineering, not just because Apple marketed the living daylights out of the manufacturing process, but because it looks and feels that way. In addition to a glass screen, a lighter and thinner aluminum chassis, and a multi-purpose touchpad, this thin-and-light also boasts dual graphics cards from nVidia."

It did indeed seem a somewhat fair article. This struck me as still very PC centric however:

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Built-in media card readers are found in almost every laptop on the market—except those with the Apple logo. With the proliferation of digital cameras, you'd think that Apple would at least include an SD slot.

While SD is certainly a market leader right now, why include a very specific slot just for one specific type of media? I cant tell you how many of my friends have Windows laptops with media slots, and they rarely use them. One friend has a Vaio, with only MemoryStick slots, another has an SD/MMC/xD slot, yet he shoots with a DSLR, so he uses CompactFlash.

These types of only partially useful addons are why many PC laptops are 8 pound 3" thick bricks.

1. Those darn glossy screens. (I'll never be fan)
2. Those darn chicklet keys. (I could warm up to them, but I'm still not a fan)
3. No Firewire on the MacBook. (Not a deal breaker, but a letdown)
4. I'm hesitant about the new trackpad without a traditional mouse button. (I would need to test this)
5. The price. (I just think Apple can do better)